Michael Kania, the
two-time Inter-Ac League champion and two-time All-Delco when he was at The
Haverford School, capped his Villanova career this week by finishing in a tie
for 22nd as the Wildcats concluded their season at the Big East
Tournament.
Kania began his
collegiate career at the University of Kentucky. He followed older brother
James there, but decided to come home to Villanova and the Main Line. He has
been a consistent force at or near the top of the Villanova lineup the last
three years.
Kania had rounds of
76, 72 and 73 over the 7,089-yard, par-72 Watson Course layout at Reunion
Resort in Reunion, Fla. for a 5-over 221 total.
Villanova found the
waters typically deep at the Big East tourney. The Wildcats had rounds of 297,
303 and 294 to finish in eighth place in the team standings with an 894 total.
South Florida
received a stiff challenge from St. John’s – both teams posted sparkling
final-round totals of 281 – but the Bulls held on for a four-stroke victory
over the Red Storm, 858-862.
Cincinnati’s David
Tepe captured the individual title with outstanding rounds of 69, 69 and 70 for
an 8-under 208 total. That was one shot better than South Florida’s Chase
Koepka, who followed up a pair of 70s with a final-round 69 for a 7-under 209
total.
Kania was followed
up for Villanova by fellow senior Derek Jones, who saved his best for last, a
final round of 2-under 70 that was the low round of the tournament for the
Wildcats. That left him at 222.
Next for the
Wildcats was graduate student Cory Siegfried, another Haverford School product
and the 2010 Pennsylvania Amateur champion. Siegfried had rounds of 73, 77 and
75 for a 225 total that left him in a tie for 35th.
Senior Steve Skurla
had rounds of 74, 79 and 76 to finish in a tie for 41st at 229. Sophomore Ted
Brennan, the third member of Villanova’s Haverford School connection, finished
54th with rounds of 81, 76 and 79 for a 236 total.
It was another
solid campaign for second-year Villanova coach James Wilkes, who will lose five
members off this team, including Kania, Siegfried, Skurla, Jones and Jimmy
Johnston, a Malvern Prep product and Wayne resident.
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